The cheapest turntable on Amazon | $33 VICTROLA RECORD PLAYER UNBOXING | Great for kids 

I love how excited she is to get her first turntable

What a pleasant, refreshing surprise this video is. Not just that the record player isn't quite as bad as we all thought but most importantly the total lack of the usual snobbery associated with the record player/ community videos. When I was a kid I had a battery powered Alba record player, now that's a low start but it went everywhere with me and grew my love of records. There are bargains sometimes, I got a cheap nasty looking iPod dock around 15 years ago still sounds fantastic today, you'd take one look at it and throw it in the bin but I use it every day.

All that matters is that YOU like your turntable. ❤️

Actually it about what you would had gotten as a kid 50 or 60 years ago that wasn't an high end system. Kids didn't care, they just wanted to hear the music.

When I was a child in the late sixties early seventies, my older brother had a "record player", similar to this, it was white, for listening to his 45 collection. It was fully automatic and you could stack the records for consecutive playback. When he was at school, I was maybe four or five years old, I would sneak into his room and play 45's. Great tunes, great labels, Colgems, Motown, Capitol, Parrot. He had the "Whole Lotta Love" single on Atlantic. At four years old, I thought the instrumental break in "Whole Lotta Love" was supposed to be a dog and a train. Hmm? 50 years later and I'm still sneaking off and listening to records. :)

That was fun! My daughter's are 42 years old and one of them still has the Mickey Mouse portable record player I bought them when they were 6 years old. They grow up fast!

Knowing your love of vinyl, I was kind of surprised that your girls had never worked a record player on their own....And now they have an interest to share with you! They cAn collect from those budget bins below the ones you are shopping in! I truly cherish the records my Dad passed on to me and the hours we spent listening to records together- whether it was the Doors on his turntable or Rubber Ducky on my Fisher Price player, those memories are priceless. Well done, Daddy-O! Best line of the vid was when she said she would be in her room listening to records. Torch passed!!!

I love how happy she was when you said she can have it for her room! Truthfully that's what its all about! If she gets into records and collecting, etc, then she will most likely graduate to something better in the future. But for the price, etc, the quality is great for children or average listeners getting into/back into vinyl. Fantastic video!

That look on her face when you said she could have it... That's what this is all about isn't it? Worth all the 44 bucks you paid for it. ❤️ She can just play with it without you having to worry she'll break it. And that's the best way she can enjoy it, not having to worry she'll do it wrong. So for kids, there's no better option than this type of player IMO.

The look on your daughter’s face when you tell her she can have it is fantastic! I hate the “Crosley” hating nonsense in some of the Vinyl community. I hate to break it to these idiots, the modern vinyl revival does not happen without all the cheap players that came on the market over the last decade or so. Someone has to be buying the albums and the audiophiles alone will not support the now large variations of music available on records again. I personally don’t use a cheap player, but praise Crosley and all the clones for helping to bring the joy of Vinyl back to the world!

My mom got me this for Christmas, I AM SO SO GRATEFUL although I think she thinks I want one for the trend, instead of me just genuinely wanting to start collecting records (Im 14 so I don’t blame her for thinking I want one for the trend)

I have one of those that I take with me when my wife and I go out of town for a day or two and go record shopping. Plug it in at the motel and listen to the records I pick up. One or two times on this record player won't hurt anything.

My son picked up one of these bookshelf players at my local record store with his birthday money and he loves it. So I do think they serve their purpose of getting people, especially kids in the hobby that can't afford an expensive player. I'm not really worried about his records getting destroyed.

It seems that "ultimate audiophile" has often taken over listening to music at the expense of listening for fun & enjoyment at a price point many may be unable to afford. Leaving those who cannot afford to put out big dollars to suffer criticism for buying the Victrolas & such when they just want to enter the hobby or return to spinning their beloved vinyl from "back in the day". Frank... thanks for this episode as it was great to see your girls embrace the suitcase spinner with the equal enthusiasm of my 86 year old mother for the same one I bought her for her birthday last week. There's room for all... just sayin' :)

"I'm going to be in my room playing Christmas tones". 😆 So cute. All of ya did a great job on your video. Great job girls. Have fun with the record player. Tell Dad to take you shopping for records now.👍 - Frank I enjoyed your video better then mine. Great job. I forgot to do the rpm test and Bluetooth. Oh well.

This was such a cute video. I loved her reaction to realizing the record player was going in her room!!!!

Probably no worse than the ones on my compact JcPenney stereo as a kid back in the 80s.

I have something like this record player in my home. I feel as though something like this is good for people that don’t have a huge collection or don’t have the money to buy really expensive quality equipment. I enjoy it for what it is.

That video went a totally different direction than I expected, and it was great! So cool to see your kids discovering the magic of music.

The little girls reaction was just adorable and seeing her get excited for her own turntable was cute and then seeing her search for a record to listen to made it even more funny

Aw!!! That really was too cool. I was 7 years old,, once upon a time. But I did grow up with records,, knew how they worked, and how to play one. That was the age, I got my first record player. A VERY “kids” record player. So, to watch these two check this out, was so adorable.

I'm a 52-year-old dinosaur and when I was your daughter's age I had to beg to use the family's record player under supervision. This often limited how long my mother was willing to put up with my taste in music and how I treated both the records and the record player. Then back in the early 90's I bought my daughter a personal CD player which she loved but not quite the same. Your daughter will get the chance to learn not just how to appreciate her records but how to take care of a small collection of her own. Mp3 players and CD players are not as delicate to care for but sometimes that also makes us learn to appreciate them even more.

I got this record player for Christmas last year, as my other one broke a month or two before Christmas. I read reviews on Amazon, and people said theirs caught fire, and they broke very easily. Mine worked for about 7 months, and started to slow down. It stopped spinning completely last month. Pissed me off a lot. And the worst part, I told my parents, and I think they got me another one of the same for this Christmas. Hopefully getting some new wax though too🤘🤘🔥🔥

Super to see how excited the girls were about the record player. Your record budget just doubled! 😂😂 She will have her own channel in no time! Great video!

"I'm gonna be in my room playing Christmas tunes." - the feeling of satisfaction and contentment. This video always gives me a treasured good family vibe whenever I watch it.

Your kids are great and I loved the reaction when you gave her the turntable.

I love the girls reaction to her new record player, thats what these things are for!

My first record player was a General Electric. I played it in 1969-1970. It had speeds of 16, 33, 45, 78 and N for neutral, where you could play your records backwards through the speaker amplified.

How cute! You definetely caputured a life changing moment on video....sound like you have a new vinyl collecter in your family

Hi Frank! A quick way to improve the sound on this turntable (other than external speakers) is to replace the sapphire stylus with a diamond one. They are available.

Frank, you did exactly the right thing. I have given out three cheap turntables now as 18th birthday presents to daughters of colleagues/friends of my kids. It's the kind of thing that fits well into a college dorm room, and I was fed up of reading about how record collecting is a hobby for middle aged men. It's not meant to be a great audiophile experience, it's just something to get you started, and at that age you're going to be looking through dollar bins and charity shops for beat up copies of things anyway. The VWestlife video puts this very well. There is a trick with that scale where you can recalibrate it so that 5 grams is zero, by the way. Great video!

There is a technique to measure the tracking force of that turntable even the weighing scale said "Full". When you placed that metal at 7:03 and it reads 5 grams, while the reading is 5 grams press the zero and it reads zero while that metal is still there then remove that metal and this time it reads -5 grams then measure the tracking force of that turntable. Any number should be added by 5 grams. For example, if the reading is 1.2 grams plus 5 grams so the tracking force is 6.2 grams.

Your girls are absolutely adorable. I'm thinking about getting one for my granddaughter now.

The next generation has to start somewhere. I don’t hate on people as others do for using these standalone Record players.

They’re certainly not audiophile Record Players, but as you pointed out and showed, they are perfect for kids! As a young boy I had a small suitcase style player at my Grandparent’s house. My Mom had given me a copy of Deep Purple’s “Who Do You Think We Are?” And I’d ride my Rocking Horse over and over to “Rat Bat Blue”. Then it was Elvis Presley, then finally KISS.. I loved that player and those albums. All these years later, I bought my Son a Victrola that’s several levels up from this one along with the reissue of “Dark Side of the Moon” and now he loves his albums and he’s darn near 25! Great Video and I really enjoy your channel! Big John

14:40 My very first turntable was a Yorx all-in-one stereo unit with a turntable, AM/FM receiver, double cassette deck, and detached "tower" speakers for $200 in 1980's dollars. I'd NEVER buy anything made by Yorx (or Candle) ever again, but it served its purpose and I enjoyed countless hours playing the 20 or 30 LP's I owned at the time (mostly movie soundtracks) as well as recorded the LP's onto cassettes which I played on my Sony Walkman at school or on road trips. Ah, nostalgia... :)

Great work man! I was sooo happy to see this ! It brought me back to when my uncle gave me his suitcase record player when i was 7. I went to the "Records on Wheels" store in my neighbourhood and bought the first Boston album and played it till i wore the grooves out! THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU! I've been telling folks for awhile that these are absolutely perfect for kids to learn how to spin records. My first turntable was very similar to the one in your video and it WAS sold geared towards children. It was fully manual and played all four speeds with a flipper stylus for 78's. It had a mini speaker that was located just to the right of the platter that was covered by the record if it was any bigger than 7". I ruined many records learning the art of handling and caring for the format 🙂

What a lovely video. Your kids are adorable and seeing the excitement on their faces for their first needle drop was priceless. Though I would have thought they'd have used a record player by now having a vinyl loving dad. Ellie looked so excited to be getting her first record player. Collecting vinyl is an enjoyable hobby and it's a great way of listening to music. Start them young, that's what I always say.

My brother's grandmother (we have different dads) gave me an old portable turntable from Sears. I remember it was a sky blue color, came with ok speakers and it was probably from like 1968. She gave me Hotter Than Hell & some album by Mountain to go with it. This was given to me in 1983 maybe when I was 8. When I moved in with my uncle in 1984, he gave me duplicate copies of Willie & The Poorboys & Cosmo' Factory as well as the Beverly Hills Cop OST (we've discussed this previously). Anyhow, was it the same sound quality as his Technics 1200? Of course not! However, I just thought it was cool to play records in my room and at 8 or 9 years old...who cares, right? Fast forward to 2018, got a Pioneer PL-990 for my son (he's 13 now) from OfferUp for $25USD. He runs it thru his desktop computer via a RCA to 3.5mm cable. He has 71 albums btw...hehe This year, my youngest daughter (she's 12) asked for a turntable for Christmas. Because she's using a laptop, had to go a different route. I found the following for $42USD Kenwood KD-492F Turntable ($12 on OfferUp) Denon AVR-3805 ($20 at Deseret Industries Thrift Shop) Technics SB-X10 Bookshelf style speakers ($10 from LetGo) She's also a HUGE fan of Panic! At The Disco & Lady Gaga so I'll probably pick her up a copy of each of their albums to get her started. Great...now I'll need 5 jobs to feed the vinyl addiction...worth it tho...hehe As for giving your daughter that Victrola... I think that's awesome! Like you said, if they dig it...that's what counts! Glad to see parents my age keeping vinyl alive with their kids. And you're doing it proper by calling records...well...records, not "vinyls". If my daughter specifically asked for an all-in-one player, I'd totally get it for her. I only got her the setup I mentioned because she wanted something similar to her brother.

When I first got into vinyls I had one of these. I connected to my mini bose speaker and bypassed the built-in speakers. I thought it sounded pretty good. Keep spinin those vinyls Frank the Tank

You've just proved it's a great way to get kids into records. Best to learn to use a cheap one so better care can be taken of the more expensive ones later on. I used my mum's 80s All-in-one Midi hifi. I think they were easier as they had automated tonearms for speed and size.

I got this record player as a gift and have really enjoyed it. I have used this to play records at parties and picnics. Easy to travel with I added some external speakers and sound is greatly improved and also updated the stylus. I have not noticed any damage to my records at all and love the ease of use. Great video and love your channel. Glad I found you \m/

Great video. I'll always maintain that these are great options for kids. I bought my little brother in law the Victrola Modern, a small step up from this with a full size platter and separate speakers. He loves it. If he's a little rough with it and snaps the stylus they are only like $2-3 to replace. It's a perfect gateway to the hobby and I look forward to passing down some of my equipment to him when he outgrows this beginner unit.

Hi Frank, I have no clue what age your daughters are but, I love the smile on their faces. I got my first recordplayer at the age off 6 back in '65. My gosh I felt like a king and remember I had allso a big smile smile then. Since then it became a huge hobby collecting 45's and some Lp's. Then when the CD was launched in 1983 I bought my first CD player which I still own and so now and then use. Think you can see it on 1 off the pictures I've send you a while ago. The ReVoX B225. I've did some modifications to it and it still sounds amazing. Offcourse I've made one big misstake, I sold most of my records then I kept around 400 and now I do buy so now and then a record I really like and want. Greetings from the Netherlans.

$33 worth of smiles from your kid is worth every penny . She was so excited . Love her reaction. Cool dad

Got my first record plays when I was 9 years old. My grandparents got it for me for Christmas of 1981. And my uncle got me my first 4 albums. I post a photo of it on you Facebook page for this video.

Loved this video Frank, your girls are a credit to you, I was quite amazed how much quinn looks like her mum, hope they get the bug for music. My first record player was an Elizabethan astronaut a quite funky looking suitcase player in orange and white with chrome rimmed holes in the lid. Wish I still had it now they fetch serious money here in the UK far much more than a dansette of the same era.

Awesome video! And the moment at the end reminded me of when my niece asked me about my record player. She went on to liking Ludwig Van Beethoven. Technically, my first turntable was a Crosley Cruiser. I bought one after a crowdfunding campaign for my favorite artist. Curiosity in listening to the vinyl version brought me to buying more records, and eventually buying a slightly more powerful version (the AV model.) Much like yourself, I grew up listening to vinyl records, and them being a common item, so while I could try to buy a top of the line setup (good luck while living in a big city,) I want to keep that feeling I had growing up alive. That, and a modern setup would clash against my old style dining room. Fun fact: a cheap turntable did not ruin my Blackstar by David Bowie album. Tripping while holding it did. I hope you found some humor in that one.

Love your videos, Frank. Wholesome and positive.

To the question "wtf are vinyls?" Those are things that are installed on the floor, similar to laminate floor panels, but made out of PVC (aka. vinyl).

Well, that was adorable. Her reaction when you offered her the record player was priceless.

This was one of the best videos ever!!! Not only because I hate “gatekeeper” type attitudes and they need to put a sock in it, but your daughters reactions were so priceless and when you gave her the turntable... so was so hyped!!! I was so happy!! What a great video. Thanks so much, truly made my day better :)

Loved this video!!! The way their eyes lit up when the needle dropped! My 13 year old niece wants a turntable for Christmas and I think I’ll get her this one!! 👍

Super daughters. Loved their excitement. My first Turntable was a £50.00 plastic Fidelity Turntable with plastic speakers attached by bellwire width cable. It was purchased June 1979. It sounded okay. It was also fine with a pair of Sony headphones at a cost of £10.00. My mate thought it sounded tinny, but I liked it. I had it for 3.5 years and had a Amdstrad all in one system in a cabinet after that. My current turntable is a Linn Basik which cost £250.00 including the tonearm in 1993. The cartridge was a extra £50.00. A few years ago people were buying the turntable second hand for £250.00 because of the quality of the tonearm.

Aaahhh the wonder of the first time playing a record... Those eyes of the little one...precious! Nice job Dad!

What a great and honest review. Too many people absolutely bash low end products but they serve their purpose.

Thanks for doing that for everyone, Frank. Also you made your daughter very happy today.

Love the girls excitement and smiles!

My first turntable was back in 2012, it was a wooden vintage style Jensen record player, now I've got a big heavy wooden 6 in 1 Victrola record player with cd, cassette, AM & FM radio & bluetooth. It actually sounds fantastic with nice big great sounding speakers.

Im surprised no one is manufacturing a half way decent all in one record player these days. Someone like cambridge audio should give this a go to retail for around £100-150

Cool kids. I believe your assessment was very honest. As a 10 year old I listened to my first 45 on a cheap record player… I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Awesome video. They are a cheap way to get started and maybe just great decoration. Love you’re girl’s reactions

The kids looked like they were having fun, which was awesome! Great video. Cheers, Tom

This is very first one I got. I want to learn a bit & i'll upgrade later! ..Thx for the vid!

This is precious!! Love the quality

Cute video great to see youngsters enjoying vinyl and trying for the first time on their own

You are doubly blessed! Cherish them while you have them....the time goes by so fast. Nice informative video.

My first one was a mid 70s? Montgomery ward airline portable suitcase turntable. It's still around here somewhere but rarely gets attention. I now use an ION profile pro turntable.

great video. I have a 5 month old daughter and I always think about the day I introduce her to records! appreciate seeing this.

Definitely worth the time watching this just for the first experience of Playing and owning a turn table. Cool stuff. Rock on

I enjoyed when you gave the TT to your daughter-she loved it-and now she can play her records and others she gets!You started her out on the music hobby!

Awesome vid! That was exactly like the same type of record player that was given to me when I was 5. I loved it and it was awesome. Just watching your girls use it makes me nostalgic and I almost want to get something like that for myself in the future just for my little room. You just may have started future addicts lkke yourself!

Such cute kids! I love the excitement! So cool. Great video, Frank!

I love Ellie's reaction to you giving it to her.

I've got a victrolla turntable from walmart for $60 as a starter table. It wasn't like the one in the video. A different model. Not a suitcase but slightly like the one you got. Wanna say it sounds a little better than the one in the video. I haven't been able to hear any other higher quality tables in person so it's difficult to compare

Early Xmas present! Great family and wonderful parents. Nice vid Frank.

Very nice and objective video. Really nice to see your kids enjoying a record player for the first time and their excitement when you told them it was a present for them. Btw, your Tshirt is fantastic. Greetings.

Great video frank. Just to put away all the haters of cheap tourntables. The best one is the one you can afford. The important thing is to get into listening and collecting music. Just look the face of your doughter when she got it.

Loved this video! I really liked your daughters' reactions to the record playing music! I was so excited to get a Lloyds record player with humongous speakers. I used it for many years actually. I still have all the records from that time and more, of course. I enjoy your videos. Your Canadian content is fun to watch. I live in the Big City you visit. Ha ha.

I feel kind of sorry for the little girl who didn’t get anything. I hope she didn’t feel too left out.

I got one, but I play it through an actual sound system rather than their own speakers. I'm sure I'll upgrade as this hobby is starting to grow more serious, but these old records sound great. Didn't know it was Bluetooth.

Just look at their faces, when they played their first disc....absolutely priceless!!! My only gripe when people say "don't buy a suitcase player, just spend a few extra bucks and get an entry-level turntable" is that you then have to buy the turntable, plus a pre-amp, amp and speakers too! That's not a few more bucks, that's a LOT more money than a suitcase player! And if you're just testing the waters to see if you like the vinyl hobby, surely that's a much more sensible method.

My first record player was a Zenith player my Dad purchased at the Goodwill. IT WAS AWESOME!! He purchased it 1960.,great little radio too. To this day i do not know where it went. Wish i still had it.

Ellie is hilarious! Great test, Frank. Thumbs up.

You had me at your "WTF are VINYLS?" t-shirt ❤️❤️❤️. All you kiddies out there, they're called records, NOT VINYLS!

Great video Frank! I need to get back into vinyl again its kind of hard to collect when you dont have a job :( my player is sitting collecting dust.. I'll need to play it again soon.. I still watch and support the videos!

It was pretty cool to see their excitement when the record started to play.

You and your kids are awesome! As a reseller, I just need something to play records before reselling them.

Kids reaction was great - good learning tool for them. Good show! 👍🏻👍🏻

Every product has its client.

Thinking of Victrola turntables made these days, I have an original hand-crank table top RCA Victrola turntable made between 1900 and 1920 that plays 78's of course and it's a thing of beauty; a wonderful antique that plays 78's with a lot more gusto and room-filling sound than modern Victrola's and a great conversation piece. One of these days, I'll have to make some RU-vid videos of it playing old jazz or classical 78's. :)

Your daughters are adorable. I actually just bought 2 of these (in the Union Jack finish) for my friends 2 girls along with an LP each of their favorite artists. So glad you posted this, I know it's not gonna blow them away with the quality of sound but it's a great start on their introduction to the world of Vinyl records. I'll probably upgrade them as we go along depending on their interest after Xmas. Thanks again for posting, you have a cute family.

Man your kids are too cute, I couldn't help but smile when they came on. They remind me of mine. Keep up the good work, love your channel.

Nice that it found good home. My first was Dual CS 620Q, I think from 1983. And I’m still using it. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)

My first turntable was a Tele-tone turntable. I remember when I broke it by jamming a headphone jack through one of the speaker holes thinking I could listen on headphones! I was 3 or 4 at the time. I have never been without a turntable since then.

My first record player was a Juliette all-in-one turntable with 3 speeds, along with an AM/FM radio. I played it so much that the rubber platen cover grew worn on the ends. Small and compact. I took it everywhere.

Your daughters are adorable. I hope I can recreate similar memories with my niece. Love how thrilled Ellie (spelling?) was with it. That's what life is all about.

Frank, lovely to see your daughters. Merry Christmas to you all.

I love your daughter's reaction !!